Obama campaign sets $55M fundraising goal
(AP)
<p>CHICAGO ? President Barack Obama’s campaign team told top donors Friday they hope to raise a combined $55 million during a three-month period ending in late September, warning of an impending fundraising onslaught from Republican presidential hopefuls Rick Perry and Mitt Romney.</p> <p>Obama’s key fundraisers gathered in Chicago for a quarterly update from the campaign, which outlined combined fundraising goals for the campaign and the Democratic National Committee through Sept. 30, according to two people who viewed the presentation. They spoke on condition of anonymity and were not authorized to speak publicly about the strategy session.</p> <p>Campaign manager Jim Messina told bundlers, the well-connected donors who raise campaign cash from friends and business associates, that they expect Romney and Perry to have significant quarters because of dozens of fundraising events planned, according to participants.</p> <p>He also noted that several Republican outside groups are buildin
Obama campaign sets $55M fundraising goal
(AP) <p>CHICAGO ? President Barack Obama’s campaign team told top donors Friday they hope to raise a combined $55 million during a three-month period ending in late September, warning of an impending fundraising onslaught from Republican presidential hopefuls Rick Perry and Mitt Romney.</p> <p>Obama’s key fundraisers gathered in Chicago for a quarterly update from the campaign, which outlined combined fundraising goals for the campaign and the Democratic National Committee through Sept. 30, according to two people who viewed the presentation. They spoke on condition of anonymity and were not authorized to speak publicly about the strategy session.</p> <p>Campaign manager Jim Messina told bundlers, the well-connected donors who raise campaign cash from friends and business associates, that they expect Romney and Perry to have significant quarters because of dozens of fundraising events planned, according to participants.</p> <p>He also noted that several Republican outside groups are buildin
Obama campaign sets $55M fundraising goal
(AP) <p>CHICAGO ? President Barack Obama’s campaign team told top donors Friday they hope to raise a combined $55 million during a three-month period ending in late September, warning of an impending fundraising onslaught from Republican presidential hopefuls Rick Perry and Mitt Romney.</p> <p>Obama’s key fundraisers gathered in Chicago for a quarterly update from the campaign, which outlined combined fundraising goals for the campaign and the Democratic National Committee through Sept. 30, according to two people who viewed the presentation. They spoke on condition of anonymity and were not authorized to speak publicly about the strategy session.</p> <p>Campaign manager Jim Messina told bundlers, the well-connected donors who raise campaign cash from friends and business associates, that they expect Romney and Perry to have significant quarters because of dozens of fundraising events planned, according to participants.</p> <p>He also noted that several Republican outside groups are buildin
Obama campaign sets $55M fundraising goal
(AP) <p>CHICAGO ? President Barack Obama’s campaign team told top donors Friday they hope to raise a combined $55 million during a three-month period ending in late September, warning of an impending fundraising onslaught from Republican presidential hopefuls Rick Perry and Mitt Romney.</p> <p>Obama’s key fundraisers gathered in Chicago for a quarterly update from the campaign, which outlined combined fundraising goals for the campaign and the Democratic National Committee through Sept. 30, according to two people who viewed the presentation. They spoke on condition of anonymity and were not authorized to speak publicly about the strategy session.</p> <p>Campaign manager Jim Messina told bundlers, the well-connected donors who raise campaign cash from friends and business associates, that they expect Romney and Perry to have significant quarters because of dozens of fundraising events planned, according to participants.</p> <p>He also noted that several Republican outside groups are buildin
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